A review by k_gregz
Baby Island by Carol Ryrie Brink

3.0

Oh you know...just two pre-teen girls stranded on an island with 5 babies. One of the sisters (the older one, go figure) is the perfect little mother who is delighted to inherit all of these babies. The other, more interesting sister, suggests that they throw one of the babies overboard because his name is Jonah and takes to a monkey instead of a baby. Overall, it is a ridiculously fluffy Robinsonade. I grew tired of Mary's obsession with babies, grammar, and moral reform, but it provides an interesting contrast to more modern female castaway stories like Island of the Blue Dolphins.